Regardless, the cause of the failure wasn't Lehman's misguided attempt to beautify its books. It was its excessive appetite for debt, and the risk tolerance of its creditors, for years before.

无论如何，破产的原因不是雷曼为了美化其账簿而做的误导性尝试，而是多年以来，其对债务胃口的大张，以及债权人的风险承受能力。

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His symptoms include loss of appetite, weight loss, excessive fatigue, fever.

他的症状包括没食欲、体重减轻、乏力、发烧、发冷。

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He had lost 40 kg in 12 months, during which he had also experienced excessive urination, thirst, and appetite.

在12个月里他丢掉了40公斤体重，同时他也经历尿频，口渴和胃口大增。

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The excessive appetite for pigeons that had overcome her suddenly, and the way she had devoured them, like an animal she was doomed, for sure, and everyone knew it, everyone in Bugues, the village, the whole world knew it.

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